Display card



W. H. WEIL DISPLAY CARD July 30, 1935.

Filed June 12, 1934 INVENTOR flfzz/a/v fl /z ATTORNEY Patented July 30, 1935 UNITED STATES PATIENT DISPLAY CARD William Weil, Hollis, N. Y., fassignor to Stl'ansky Products Corporation, .New York, N. Y., a corporation of NewYork Application June 12, 1934,-Serial No. 730,182 '7 3 Claims. (01. soc-#9) This invention relates to display cards or sheets series preferably along a straight line, and they" more particularly adapted for displaying support may be bent out at right anglesvto the face .of ing attachments or the like for pictures, cards, the card lllas shown in Figs. 2 and 4. calendars, etc., the attachments being adapted There is also formed in the'card |01a plurality.

to be engaged with picture or like hangers, so of pairs of slots l2,".l3 which extend along a line *5 that the articles to which the attachments are generally parallel with the plurality of tongues, applied may be supported on a wall or elsewhere. II. In each pair of slots l2, l3 the slots there The display card of the present invention may of are curved outwardly the one from theiother have means for supporting picture hangers or as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 so that ltheir:

the like in the manner described and claimed in incurved sides mutually face. The plurality of 3 it) prior U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,581,886, granted pairs of slots I2; l'3'is preferably" so arrangedon April 20, 1926 to Jacob Strand, such display that the separate pairs are in stepped relation to means :being adapted to be combined with means each other, although as a whole'they generally- -for displaying picture supporting. attachments. extend parallel with the plurality of tong'ues l I.'

Objects of the invention areto make it pos- The arrangement is preferably" such "that the 15' sible to combine for display on onecard a series planes of the tongues it when bent out" at right of picture hangers or the like and a series of angles to theface of'the card 10 are presented picture supporting attachments or the like, they edgewise to the plurality of; slots '12, I3, .so-that preferably being arranged in an associated disthe planes of thetorigues intersect the plurality play in such way as to indicate that one of the of slots l2, [3 along lines between theslots of" 20. picture hangers is usable with a picture supportthe respective pairs l2; l 3.' In other words, in ing attachment; and furthermore to provide simeach pair of slots l2, l3 there is one of 'them t'o pleand relatively inexpensive means for supportone side and'the other of them to the otherside' ing picture supporting attachments for display, of the outwardly deflected tongues l I ,fofrea particularly in association with displayed picsons to be made clear. 25

ture hangers. v To facilitateengagement pf the a'rftic -leswith These being among the objects of the present those portions 'ofthe card III which are provided invention, the same consists of certainfeatureswith the slots l2, l3, slits I4 extend-fromabout of construction and combinations of parts to be the mid-lengths of slots 13in a direction iate'n hereinafter described and then claimed with refally away from the out'curved side of each such 30:.

' erence to the accompanying drawing illustrating slot [3. V -j I V a preferred embodiment of the invention, The arrangement of the tongues l ljand thef wherein H slots l2, i3 is preferably such that picture -ha-'ng'- "Fig. 1 is a plan of the card or sheet, showing ers or the like and picture supporting attach-f the condition thereof before the articles to be ments or the like maybe arranged'in quite close 353 displayed are mounted thereon; relation, the balance of the face of thecard i8 '2 is a plan of the card or sheet with picbeing adapted to beusedfor advertising'o'r the ture hangers and picture supporting attachments like. I I" mounted thereon ,for display; Picture hangers are-adapted to' be' supported 40 Fig. ,3 ,is a planof the back of the assembly in a series by the tongues or tabs, these being 40' shown in Fig. 2; a of open shape of sheet metal adaptedto be sup; Fig.4 is an .enlargeddetail section on .line 4-4, ported .on' :their edges against *the face of the Fi -'2; and s card, .With the tongues ;l"l extending thereinto, Fig. 5 is'an enlarged detail horizontal section as showhjinFigsJZ Land 4, wthe"construct},oni arild' on the line 5.5, Fig. 2. V v arrangement in'these respects1being,preferably: 45

' In the drawing, thecard or sheet I0 is of flexin accordance with aforesaid 'patent.'-Nails?-|6'- ible material such as card board or other fiexare passed through holes in the hangers I5 and ible sheet material. The card I!) is provided with through the tongues ll so as to support the a plurality of tongues I I which are cut out therehangers in display position upon the card. from by forming slits around the tongues, as A series of picture or like supporting attach- 50 shown in Fig. 1, except at corresponding sides ments l1, preferably of sheet metal, is supported where they are left integral with the card, prefupon the card II] by means of the parts of the erably in the manner disclosed in aforesaid patcard formed by the slots l2, I3. Referring to ent. These tongues H are parallel with each Fig. 2 it will be seen that these attachments I1 other at suitable distances apart and extend as a. are supported edge to edge and substantially 55v preferably channeled in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 4, so that its smooth convexed surface is at the front of the card, while the channel is presented towards the faceof the card. Hence the back of the ring [8 is flush with the back of the base l9, so that the attachment becomes a flat article which may be mounted squarely upon the card face foremost.

The base I9 of each attachment IT is formed toprovide ears 2!] which extend laterally of the diameter of the ring of the corresponding attachment. From within the base l9 and ears 20 prongs 2] are struck out forwardly, these prongs serving as means for securing the picture supporting attachment I! to a picture or other object. To mount the series of attachments I! on the card 'I 0 the ears 2!] of each attachment are passed through the card so as to extend from front to' back of the card, through the slots l2, l3, thereby positioning'the series of attachments in relation to the series of hangers l5 preferably in about the relation shown. The distance between the slots I2, [3' of each pair is less than the distance between the extreme edges of the cars 20, so that when each attachment is properlymounu ed on the card ill, the extremities of the ears.

will protrude at the back of the card as shown in Fig. 3. 'The radial slits l4 facilitate the insertion of the attachments into the slots [2, I3, the ears which go into the slots l3 being inserted last and the slits l4 enabling the deformation of the card or flexing thereof in such way as that the insertion of the attachment is facilitated without having to tear or injure the card,

the flexibility of the latter further assisting in this connection.

By curving the slots of each pair. I2; I 3, in the way described, flexible tabs 12a, I311 integral with the ears and extending away from each other are provided, so that when a pair of the slots is properly engaged by the ears 20 of an attachment the flexible tabs will be defiected'rearwardly, leaving exposed at the front a large area of the attachment. 7 I v It will be noted that when hangers l5 and attachments H are displayed as shown in Fig. 2, the series of picture supporting attachments will be close to the series of picture hangers and their close juxtaposition will point out of itself to the ultimate user that the supported articles are to be used together. The preferred. positioning of the supported articles will clearly indicate the function of the articles l5 as picture hangers while the position of the attachments I! will indicate that they are to be used preferably jointly with the picture hangers. In the drawing four sets including a picture hanger and an attachment I! are shown, although it is obvious that their number may be changed as desired.

When it is desired to use a picture hanger and an attachment, the nail for the hanger is removed so that the hanger is detached irom the card. An attachment may then be readily removed from the card. There is thus obtained a set of the picture or other such articles, the prongs of the attachment being pressed through the picture or the like and then upset to secure it thereto, and the nail being then inserted through the holes of the hanger and driven into a wall at the position desired, whereupon the ring of the attachment may be engaged over the hook of the hanger to suspend the picture or the like on the Wall.

It is obvious that the invention as shown and described is capable of more or less modification without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is 1. A display card of flexible sheet material provided with two slots spaced apart side by side and outwardl directed tabs defined by the slots, in combination with a picture supporting attachment having a substantially flat base extending laterally from opposite sides of the attachment to provide a pair of ears, the ears being engaged,

ment to provide a pair of ears, and the ears having prongs struck out forwardly therefrom, the ears being engaged in the slots, whereby to fix the attachment removably in display position upon the card, and the slots being curved away from each other'with their curved inner sides mutually facing to extend partly around and locate the prongs within the curves when the attachment is so mounted.

3. A display card having a plurality of parall tongues extending from one surface thereof for supporting picture hangers for display, and provided with a plurality of pairs of slots for 'supporting picture attachments for display on such surface, the plurality of pairs corresponding in number with the plurality of tongues, the plurality of tongues and the plurality of attachments being offset the one from the other and arranged in substantially parallel relation, the planes of the tongues intersecting the plurality of slots along lines between the slots of the respective pairs, and the tongues and slots'being arranged sufiiciently close together to support picture hangers and picture attachments in juxtaposed relation.

WILLIAM H. WEIL. 

